Ouled Said Loued

أولاد سعيد الواد

Rural commune in the cercle of Kasba Tadla, province of Béni Mellal, Béni Mellal-Khénifra.

Population, 2024: 13,441
Since 2014: −6.3%from 14,351 in 2014
Density: 44.4people per km², 302.5 km²
Households: 3,354
Rank: 525525th most populous of 1,503 communes14th of 22 in its province

Next door in Oulad Gouaouch, 4.7% of households have running water. Here, it’s 85.9%.

Since 2014, unemployment went from 15.3% to 39.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 5 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Bouchfaa. Unemployment: 39.4% here, 41.7% there; running water: 85.9% here, 80.3% there; Darija: 98.4% here, 99.1% there.

Compare it with Bouchfaa

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ouled Said Loued.

Ouled Said Loued −6.3%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write: 42.8%aged 10 and over46.8% in 201449.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 39.4%15.3% in 201460.3% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 26.1%aged 15 and over38.6% in 20145.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 94.5%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.47children per woman2.87 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 8.3%of people5.1% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 4.0people on average5.1 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 85.9%of settled households81.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Ouled Said Loued: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.8%	75 and over	4.0%
3.4%	70–74	2.9%
4.4%	65–69	3.9%
5.2%	60–64	5.3%
4.9%	55–59	4.6%
5.5%	50–54	6.0%
6.2%	45–49	6.4%
6.0%	40–44	6.7%
6.0%	35–39	6.5%
5.7%	30–34	6.2%
4.1%	25–29	6.8%
4.9%	20–24	6.6%
8.4%	15–19	7.8%
11.5%	10–14	10.4%
11.5%	5–9	9.1%
8.5%	0–4	6.9%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

Darija98.4%
Tamazight1.0%
Tachelhit0.7%
Tarifit0.0%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.8%
French44.9%
English8.6%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot62.5%
Bike or motorcycle12.2%
Doesn’t travel to work11.8%
Private car5.3%
Bus3.1%
Employer’s transport2.0%
Another way1.6%
Informal transport1.0%
Taxi0.3%
Animal0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 46.8%aged 10 and over42.8% in 202456.8% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 15.3%39.4% in 202437.3% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 38.6%aged 15 and over26.1% in 20245.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.9%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.87children per woman1.47 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.1%of people8.3% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 5.1people on average4.0 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 81.9%of settled households85.9% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Ouled Said Loued: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.5%	75 and over	2.9%
1.6%	70–74	2.1%
2.0%	65–69	1.9%
3.4%	60–64	3.4%
4.0%	55–59	3.7%
4.9%	50–54	5.0%
4.6%	45–49	4.8%
5.2%	40–44	6.4%
5.9%	35–39	6.8%
5.8%	30–34	7.6%
7.0%	25–29	8.1%
9.2%	20–24	9.1%
9.2%	15–19	9.7%
10.6%	10–14	9.2%
11.0%	5–9	9.0%
12.1%	0–4	10.4%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

Darija99.7%
Tachelhit2.2%
Tamazight1.0%
Hassania0.1%
Tarifit0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French45.4%
Arabic only44.5%
Arabic, French and English8.9%
Other combinations1.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot66.6%
Bike or motorcycle13.5%
Private car6.0%
Another way3.5%
Not stated3.1%
Taxi2.8%
Works at home2.5%
Bus1.8%
Employer’s transport0.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood64.8%
No fixed place11.9%
Another in the commune11.2%
Another commune3.7%
Not stated2.7%
At home2.5%
Somewhere else1.9%
Another province1.4%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour28.3%
Farming and fishing26.4%
Labouring and small trades13.3%
Crafts and skilled trades13.2%
Trade and broking7.0%
Clerical work4.9%
Machine operating3.1%
Managers and senior professionals1.7%
Not classified1.3%
Technicians0.7%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma69.1%
Primary20.3%
Lower secondary7.4%
Upper secondary2.3%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.1%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments: 37728.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 27472.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 5402.0 per business
Public services: 85
Associations: 18in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce56.2%
Services27.7%
Industry14.6%
Construction1.5%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person83.6%
2 to 315.0%
4 to 90.7%
10 to 490.4%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later35.0%
2011–201943.1%
2001–201014.2%
1991–20005.5%
1981–19901.8%
1956–19800.4%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ouled Said Loued’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 19 douars in 5 fractions, with 13,441 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
اولاد اسعيد المركزOulad Said Centre5 douars · 4,593 people
ايت الحاجAit El Haj	Grouped	113	448	0.6	0.6	1.1
ايت بوطيبAit Boutaib	Grouped	133	491	0.0	0.0	0.0
ايت الجيلاليAit Jillali	In parts	222	850	0.7	1.1	2.3
اولاد سعيد او موسىOulad Said Ou Moussa	In parts	481	2,029	1.6	9.1	2.7
الشرفاءChorfa	In parts	190	775	0.4	0.6	2.8
اولاد اسماعيلOulad Smail8 douars · 4,068 people
الدغارةEddaghara	In parts	129	490	1.3	1.2	6.2
الخنادشةEl Khenadcha	Dispersed	92	385	1.1	2.1	8.1
عامرAmeur	In parts	165	646	1.1	2.0	7.4
اولاد عمرانOulad Amrane	In parts	146	620	2.2	1.5	7.4
اولاد لحسنOulad Lahsen	In parts	154	640	1.6	1.0	4.3
ايت سي ابراهيمAit Si Brahim	Dispersed	121	526	3.3	2.2	12.3
ايت بوزيانAit Bouziane	Dispersed	208	750	1.5	1.1	9.3
الغابةEl Ghaba	Dispersed	2	11	—	—	—
التعاونية المعدنيةCoopérative El Madnia2 douars · 700 people
شركة البام المعدنيةChrka El Bam El Madnia	Grouped	139	569	1.2	1.8	10.2
شركة البام الحسنيةChrka El Bam El Hsnia	Dispersed	32	131	1.3	2.5	10.2
أولاد عين الناسOulad Ain Nas2 douars · 1,239 people
أولاد عين الناسOulad Ain Nas	Grouped	214	821	1.4	1.6	2.6
أولاد علي بن عبوOulad Ali Ben Abbou	In parts	99	418	2.6	3.1	3.7
ايت العربيAit Larbi2 douars · 2,841 people
ايت العربي 1Ait Larbi	In parts	244	1,001	0.1	0.4	1.2
ايت العربي 2Ait Larbi 2	In parts	470	1,840	0.0	0.1	1.3

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

Code: 05.091.11.05
As digits: 050911105
Slug: ouled-said-loued
Record: /api/communes/05.091.11.05.json
Boundary: /api/communes/05.091.11.05/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/05.091.11.05/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/05.091.11.05/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/05.091.11.05/neighbours.json
Douars: /api/communes/05.091.11.05/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2882589

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